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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. BoltDB vs. Geode vs. GridDB

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.An embedded key-value store for Go.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big Data
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Key-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
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Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Websitearangodb.comgithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgeode.apache.orggriddb.net
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.griddb.net
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Originally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Toshiba Corporation
Initial release2012201320022013
Current release3.11.5, November 20231.1, February 20175.1, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashnoyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestamp
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
Go.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnonoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0noneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factornoneMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobs
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
noneEventual ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containers
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyesyes, on a single nodeACID at container level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users can be defined per database
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Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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GridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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Factory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Denso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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GitHub trending repository
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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Open Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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